Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanning parlor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: tan-ning -par-lor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of tanning salon.

American usage

Example Sentences

"1994 September, P.P. Lilquist & al., "A Population-Based Survey of Sun Lamp and Tanning Parlor Use in New York State, 1990", Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, pp. 510–2"
"Some women from Oxford had moved into town to start a coffee shop and tanning parlor, and there were two restaurants—a Greek and a Chinese restaurant—moving into spaces that had been vacant since Quinn had been a kid."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

tanning parlors (plural) tanning parlour (alternative)

Synonyms

tanning salon

Questions

What does tanning parlor mean?: Synonym of tanning salon.

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